Senior Strategy Analyst

Who we are
At CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG), our mission is to give people the power to reach their destination. We started as a small team of developers determined to bring trust and transparency to car shopping. Since then, our history of innovation and go-to-market acceleration has driven industry-leading growth. In fact, we’re the largest and fastest-growing automotive marketplace, and we’ve been profitable for over 15 years.

What we do
The market is evolving, and we are too, moving the entire automotive journey online and guiding our customers through every step. That includes everything from the sale of an old car to the financing, purchase, and delivery of a new one. Today, tens of millions of consumers visit CarGurus.com each month, and ~30,000 dealerships use our products. But they're not the only ones who love CarGurus—our employees do, too. We have a people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth. Disrupting a trillion-dollar industry requires fresh and diverse perspectives. Come join us for the ride!

Role overview

The Corporate Strategy team is looking to hire an organized, highly motivated Senior Analyst, Strategy to help shape the future of CarGurus. This individual will be passionate about driving results through structuring, identifying, and executing project and corporate strategies, contributing to key cross-functional initiatives, and providing thought leadership to counterparts within the organization. The Senior Analyst works both independently and with peers on high-priority strategic projects with regular opportunities to communicate and work with the leadership team.

This position reports into the corporate strategy function and works with leaders from across the company, providing leadership to cross-functional teams by working to define clear and realistic goals, clearing barriers to success, developing a general management view of assigned projects and how they fit into the strategic landscape, and understanding of all the skills and tasks associated with successful project execution.

What you’ll do:

• Leverage sophisticated data/metrics abilities to analyze operational and financial data in order to provide innovative/strategic solutions to the business that include a well-informed best practice perspective.
• Develop and implement business cases that articulate the value propositions of a particular project/program. Successfully champion and drive the change.
• Engage in strategic discussions and provide recommendations based upon analysis with quantified opportunities to drive business optimization. Synthesize results, drive conclusions, make recommendations to critical team members, and implement change.
• Plan, monitor, and lead cross-functional projects and programs from initiation through completion including business case creation, problem solving, status reporting, and troubleshooting.
• Connect with upper management and highlight key accomplishments, changes, and risks which may impact business results. Initiate risk management planning throughout.
• Structure ambiguous problems and take action to tackle them
• Synthesize clear takeaways from complex information into clear takeaways and recommendations using both qualitative and quantitative methods
• Work effectively with diverse teams to come up with the best solution and move people and organizations to act
• Establish trust-based relationships with key collaborators to support critical projects / initiatives
• Communicate effectively with all audiences, including senior leaders, in a structured manner
• Assist team members and business partners in identifying, evaluating, and completing acquisitions and alliances
• Serve as an internal ‘strategy consultant’ by assisting company leaders assess their own department level strategies.
• Aggregate & analyze driven insights and prepare reports for organization & leadership on a regular cadence using both internal and 3rd party data sources
• Research new business trends and leverage expert interviews to build insights / recommendations on new business opportunities
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to build out market level strategies in response to business intelligence updates

What You’ll Bring:

• 3+ years of relevant professional experience; 1+ years in strategy at a consulting firm
• Business judgment, analytical problem solving, quantitative analysis, organizational skills, and information synthesizing capabilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communications – clear and concise with the ability to present in formal and informal settings to influence teams, as well as executive partners